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Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

34,175 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$2,332,954. This includes an estimated 

cost of $1,086,403 for the Section 18 

program and an estimated cost of 

$1,236,551 for the Section 24(c) 

program. This ICR does not involve any 

capital investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is no change in the estimated 

respondent burden hours per SLN 

application for this ICR from the 

currently-approved ICR for Section 24(c) 

applications, for either registrants or 

states. The total annual respondent 

burden estimate (registrants + states) has 

decreased slightly from 16,900 to 15,860 

hours due to a small decrease in the 

average number of petitions received 

annually, from about 325 to 305. 

Although EPA does not require Section 

24(c)’s and cannot estimate precisely 

how many submissions will be received 

in the future, the Agency expects to 

receive approximately 305 Section 24(c) 

applications annually over the next 3 

years. As a result of the decrease in the 

number of applications and updating 

the wage rates, the estimated respondent 

cost increased slightly from $1.235 

million to $1.237 million. 

The estimated unit burden for a given 

FIFRA section 18 application is 

unchanged. EPA estimates an increase 

in the number of section 18 application 

submissions and estimated annual 

burden relative to the existing, approved 

collection. EPA estimates that the total 

annual respondent burden has increased 

from 12,672 hours to about 18,315 

hours. The increase corresponds with an 

increase in the average number of 

Section 18s requested per year, from 128 

to 185. Although EPA does not require 

Section 18s and cannot estimate 

precisely how many submissions will be 

received in the future, the Agency 

expects to receive approximately 185 

Section 18 applications annually over 

the next 3 years. As a result of the 

increase in the number of applications 

and updating the wage rates, the 

estimated respondent cost increased 

from $739 thousand to $1.086 million. 

IV. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: September 5, 2014. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9916–80–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA’s) approval of the State of 

Oklahoma’s request to revise/modify 

certain of its EPA-authorized programs 

to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective on 

September 17, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

Once an authorized program has EPA’s 

approval to accept electronic documents 

under certain programs, CROMERR 

§ 3.1000(a)(4) requires that the program 

keep EPA apprised of any changes to 

laws, policies, or the electronic 

document receiving systems that have 

the potential to affect the program’s 

compliance with CROMERR § 3.2000. 

On October 2, 2013, the Oklahoma 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(OK DEQ) submitted an amended 

application titled ‘‘Electronic Document 

Receiving System’’ for revisions/

modifications of its EPA-approved 

electronic reporting program under its 

EPA-authorized programs under title 40 

CFR to allow new electronic reporting. 

EPA reviewed OK DEQ’s request to 

revise/modify its EPA-authorized 

programs and, based on this review, 

EPA determined that the application 

met the standards for approval of 

authorized program revisions/

modifications set out in 40 CFR part 3, 

subpart D. In accordance with 40 CFR 

3.1000(d), this notice of EPA’s decision 

to approve Oklahoma’s request to 

revise/modify its following EPAauthorized programs to allow existing 

and expanded electronic reporting 

under 40 CFR parts 51, 62, and 141 is 

being published in the Federal Register: 

Part 52—Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Part 62— 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Plans for Designated Facilities and 

Pollutants; and Part 142—National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation. 

OK DEQ was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of Oklahoma 

request to revise its authorized public 

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water system program under 40 CFR 

part 142, in accordance with 40 CFR 

3.1000(f). Requests for a hearing must be 

submitted to EPA within 30 days of 

publication of today’s Federal Register 

notice. Such requests should include 

the following information: 

(1) The name, address and telephone 

number of the individual, organization 

or other entity requesting a hearing; 

(2) A brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in EPA’s 

determination, a brief explanation as to 

why EPA should hold a hearing, and 

any other information that the 

requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; 

(3) The signature of the individual 

making the request, or, if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. 

If no timely request for a hearing is 

received and granted, EPA’s approval of 

the State of Oklahoma request to revise 

its part 142—National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulations Implementation 

program to allow electronic reporting 

will become effective 30 days after 

today’s notice is published, pursuant to 

CROMERR section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Dated: September 11, 2014. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Acting Director, Office of Information 

Collection. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233; FRL–9916–72] 

Office of Pesticide Programs; Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of Pesticide 

Programs, the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) (collectively, the Services), are 

holding a 1-day workshop to provide a 

forum for stakeholders to offer scientific 

and technical feedback on the interim 

approaches that were issued in 

November 2013 by EPA, USDA, and the 

Services in response to the National 

Academy of Sciences (NAS) report 

entitled, ‘‘Assessing Risks to 

Endangered and Threatened Species 

from Pesticides.’’ The workshop is an 

opportunity for stakeholders and 

agencies to continue their dialogue on 

the technical aspects of implementing 

the NAS recommendations, building 

upon public meetings held in November 

and December 2013, April 2014, and the 

implementation of the enhanced 

stakeholder engagement process that 

was finalized in March 2013. The 

workshop is not designed to, or 

intended to be a decisionmaking forum; 

consensus will not be sought or 

developed at the meeting. This meeting 

furthers the agencies’ goal of developing 

a consultation process for pesticide 

impacts on listed species that is 

efficient, inclusive, and transparent. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 6, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Requests to participate in the meeting 

must be received on or before 

September 26, 2014. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Rachel Carson Room at FWS, 

Skyline, Bldg. 7, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Bailey’s Crossroads, VA. See Unit III. for 

additional information. 

Requests to participate in the meeting, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, are 

submitted to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For general information contact: 

Catherine Eiden, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (703) 305–7887; 

email address: eiden.catherine@epa.gov. 

For meeting logistics or registration 

contact: Keith A Paul, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service Headquarters, 

Ecological Services, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041–3803; 

telephone: (703) 358–2675; fax: (703) 

358–1800; cell: 530–840–0658; keith_

paul@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you develop, manufacture, 

formulate, sell, and/or apply pesticide 

products, and if you are interested in 

the potential impacts of pesticide use on 

listed species. The following list of 

North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. Background 

The workshop is an opportunity for 

stakeholders and agencies to continue 

their dialogue on the technical aspects 

of implementing the NAS 

recommendations, building upon public 

meetings held in November and 

December 2013, April 2014, and the 

implementation of the enhanced 

stakeholder engagement process that 

was finalized in March 2013. The 

workshop is not designed, or intended 

to be a decisionmaking forum; 

consensus will not be sought, or 

developed at the meeting. 

Stakeholders will be asked to provide 

scientific and technical information that 

could potentially be used by the 

agencies to inform various scientific 

determinations that will be made during 

the course of evaluation pesticides, 

including: 

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